Week 5 Summary - Brain and Behaviour (Perception)

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Which cue involves each eye rotating inward to project the image of an object on each retina?

  • Monocular cues
  • Binocular cues
  • Retinal disparity
  • Oculomotor cues (correct)

What is the difference between the two retinal images of an object called?

  • Monocular cues
  • Oculomotor cues
  • Binocular cues
  • Retinal disparity (correct)

Which type of perception uses cues that make use of optical flow?

  • Motion perception (correct)
  • Size perception
  • Colour perception
  • Shape perception

What is the essential 'colour' determined by the dominant wavelength in the mixture of the light called?

<p>Hue (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the overall intensity of all the wavelengths making up light called?

<p>Brightness (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the perception of objects as constant in size, shape, and other properties despite changes in their retinal image called?

<p>Perceptual constancy (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of processing is guided by knowledge, expectations, and other psychological factors?

<p>Top-down processing (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the smallest amount of physical energy a sensory system can detect?

<p>Absolute threshold (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the smallest difference between stimuli that we can detect?

<p>Just noticeable difference (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Weber's law, the smallest detectable difference in stimulus energy is a constant fraction of the intensity of the stimulus. Which equation represents this relationship?

<p>JND = KI (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which law states that the perception of magnitude is not absolute but relative?

<p>Stevens's law (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which method is used to estimate how our perception of stimulus intensity is related to the actual strength of the stimulus?

<p>Magnitude methods (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which law describes the relationship between the smallest detectable difference in stimulus energy and the intensity of the stimulus?

<p>Weber's law (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the smallest difference between stimuli that we can detect?

<p>Just noticeable difference (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of processing relies on specific, detailed information elements from the sensory receptors that are integrated and assembled into a whole?

<p>Bottom-up processing (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some features that are subject to separate analysis in bottom-up processing?

<p>Motion and corners (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In face recognition, which features do we tend to rely on more?

<p>Large-scale features (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is attention?

<p>The process of directing and focusing certain psychological resources to enhance perception, performance, and mental experience (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does attention do to our sensory and perceptual systems?

<p>Enhances them (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does attention do to specific information?

<p>Selects it for further processing (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does attention do to unwanted stimuli?

<p>Ignores or screens them out (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does attention do to the flow of resources necessary for performing a task?

<p>Allocates mental energy to it (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What processes are involved in attention?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Fechner's law, constant increases in physical energy will produce ______ increases in perceived magnitude.

<p>smaller (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Stevens's power law for magnitude estimation includes a factor that takes into account the ______ sensitivity of various sensory systems.

<p>differential (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Signal detection theory is a mathematical model of how a person's ______ and response criterion combine to determine decisions about whether a near-threshold stimulus has occurred.

<p>sensitivity and response (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the error called when no signal is presented, but the participant decides that there was a signal anyway?

<p>False alarm (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the error called when a signal occurs but it is not detected?

<p>Miss (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the error called when a signal occurs and the participant detects it?

<p>Hit (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is it called when a person does not report a signal when none was given?

<p>Correct rejection (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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